Psalms 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
Psalms 77:8 in other translations
| BSB | Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? |
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| WEB | Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations? |
| ASV | Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? |
| YLT | Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations? |
| DARBY | Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath his word come to an end from generation to generation? |
| BBE | Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing? |
| Webster | Is his mercy wholly gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? |
What does Psalms 77:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 77:3-9
3-9. His sad state contrasted with former joys. was troubled--literally, "violently agitated," or disquieted (Psa 39:6; 41:5). my spirit was overwhelmed--or, "fainted" (Psa 107:5; Jon 2:7).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 77:1-10
Days of trouble must be days of prayer; when God seems to have withdrawn from us, we must seek him till we find him. In the day of his trouble the psalmist did not seek for the diversion of business or amusement, but he sought God, and his favor and grace. Those that are under trouble of mind, must pray it away. He pored upon the trouble; the methods that should have relieved him did but increase his grief. When he…
Psalms 77:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 77:8
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
- 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
- Luke 16:25-26
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
- Numbers 14:34
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
- Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 77:7
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
- Psalms 77:8
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
- Psalms 77:9
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 77:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hase acabado para siempre su misericordia? ¿hase acabado la palabra suya para generación y generación? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le Seigneur rejettera-t-il pour toujours? et ne montrera-t-il plus sa faveur? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ist zu Ende seine Güte für immer? Hat das Wort aufgehört von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ne fiant, sicut patres eorum, generatio prava et exasperans; generatio quæ non direxit cor suum, et non est creditus cum Deo spiritus ejus. |